'Big Brother 21' Winner Revealed in Season Finale

(Spoiler warning: This story contains spoilers from Wednesday’s season finale of “Big Brother.”)

After a long summer, “Big Brother 21” finally came to a close on Wednesday, with the winner announced by host Julie Chen Moonves in Wednesday’s live season finale.

Heading into Thursday’s episode, the final three was made up of Jackson Michie, Nicole Anthony, and Holly Allen. By the end of the 90-minute finale, Michie was crowned the season’s winner in a 6-3 vote over second-place finisher Allen. That means Michie won the $500,000 grand prize, while Allen took home $50,000.

Michie and Allen had an on-screen relationship during the season.

#BB21 winner, #BBJackson talks about his $500k win, his game, and his relationship with Holly. #BB21Finale pic.twitter.com/p0hsN2XZNZ

— Big Brother (@CBSBigBrother) September 26, 2019

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“Big Brother” season finale drew a 1.2 rating/6 share among the advertiser-coveted adults 18-49 demo, and 4.2 million overall viewers. That helped CBS finish second on Wednesday.

CBS renewed its long-running reality competition series “Big Brother” for a 22nd season, with Moonves back as host. The show airs three nights a week on Sundays and Wednesdays at 8 p.m., with the live eviction show on Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET (tape-delayed in the PT).

“Big Brother” is produced by Emmy Award-winner Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan for Fly on the Wall Entertainment in association with Endemol Shine North America.

Emmys 2019: 7 Snubs and Surprises (Photos)

As is typical at the Emmys, Sunday's winners ranged from the woefully expected to the pleasantly surprising. Here's our list of the biggest snubs and surprises.
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Surprise: Phoebe Waller-Bridge's "Fleabag" beat perennial winner “Veep” to become TV’s top comedy, Waller-Bridge picked up an award for comedy writing, and she beat the heavily favored Julia Louis-Drefus in the lead comedic actress category.
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Snub: The disappointment didn't end there for "Veep": The final season of the HBO comedy was completely shut out of Sunday's awards.
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Snub: "When They See Us," Ava DuVernay's Netflix limited series, was up for a number of awards in the limited series categories -- including Outstanding Limited Series -- but the show only took home one Emmy, for lead actor Jharrel Jerome.
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Surprise: HBO's "Chernobyl" was one of the summer's breakouts. It scored three wins for writing, directing and limited series.
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Surprise: "Ozark" star Julia Garner won the Emmy for supporting actress in a drama, besting a quartet of "Game of Thrones" stars -- Maisie Williams, Sophie Turner, Lena Headey and Gwendoline Christie.
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Snub: "Game of Thrones" came into the 2019 Emmys with more nominations in one year than any other program in history, but the show was all but shut out on Sunday's broadcast. As widely predicted, the show did win in the most important category -- drama series. And Peter Dinklage won for supporting actor.
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Surprise: "Killing Eve" star Sandra Oh won the lead actress in a drama series category at the Golden earlier Globes this year, but on Sunday it was her co-star Jodie Comer who surprised with a win, coming out on top. Her competition included "Game of Thrones" queen Emilia Clarke, previous winner Viola Davis and Robin Wright, who was up for the final season of "House of Cards."
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From ”Fleabag’s“ big win to a ”Veep“ shutout

As is typical at the Emmys, Sunday's winners ranged from the woefully expected to the pleasantly surprising. Here's our list of the biggest snubs and surprises.

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Emmys 2019: 7 Snubs and Surprises (Photos)

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